Nicholas Van Dyke (senator)

Nicholas Van Dyke (20 December 1770-21 May 1826) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district from 6 October 1807 to 4 March 1811 (succeeding James M. Broom and preceding Henry M. Ridgely) and a US Senator from 4 March 1817 to 21 May 1826 (succeeding William H. Wells and preceding Daniel Rodney). He was a Federalist Party member.

Biography
Nicholas Van Dyke was born in New Castle, Delaware in 1770, and he became a member of the Delaware House of Representatives in 1799. From 1801 to 1806, he served as Delaware Attorney General, and he went on to serve in the US house of Representatives from 1807 to 1811 and in the US Senate from 1817 until his death in 1826. He was a member of the Federalist Party.